Oakley Farmhouse

Oakley Lane • • • SO51 0DR

Oakley Farmhouse Oakley Lane • Mottisfont • Hampshire • SO51 0DR

A Georgian farmhouse with stunning riverside gardens on the famous

Accommodation Reception hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Family room • Kitchen/breakfast room • Cellar • Utility room Rear hall/boot room • Master bedroom and bathroom • 5 further bedrooms • 2 further bathrooms

Excellent outbuildings including large brick built barn with slate roof and adjoining machinery sheds • Separate 4-bay barn built of brick with slate roof Hard tennis court • Croquet lawn • Formal and informal gardens • Wild fl ower meadows • Approximately 270 metres frontage to River Test Leasehold 99 years new National Trust lease

In all about 5.56 acres

Romsey 4 miles • Stockbridge 6.5 miles • Winchester 13 miles (Waterloo 57 minutes) • Salisbury 16 miles (all mileages are approximate)

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Situation There is good access to the A303, A34, M3 and M27 and fly-fishing, FM Halford. His thatched fishing hut, a listed building Mottisfont is a quiet rural village famous for its Abbey there are main line railway stations in Salisbury, Winchester and in its own right, lies upstream of the house, directly opposite the and its Norman church. , founded in the 12th with services to London Waterloo. Sporting facilities in Farmhouse meadow. century and now owned by the National Trust, is home to the the area are first class, including chalk stream fishing on the River celebrated National Rose collection. Oakley Farmhouse is a Test and its tributaries, and the River Itchen to the east. The From the village, there is a quiet lane leading to the river and short walk upstream of the Abbey itself and forms part of the south coast offers sailing and other water sports, with walking fields beyond. Oakley Farmhouse is on the West (true right-hand) National Trust estate. The market town of Stockbridge lies to the and riding in the surrounding countryside and the Test valley, and bank of the Test. The entrance can be found immediately after north, offering a range of boutique shops, restaurants and pubs, of course the New Forest only a short distance away. the property’s 4-bay open barn to the left of the lane; and the with more comprehensive facilities to be found in the cathedral driveway leads to a large circular parking/turning area from which city of Winchester to the east, or to the south. Description a gravelled path takes you to the house and the river. The hamlet of Oakley is mentioned in the Domesday book, and The front door opens onto a large hallway with a flagstone floor, There are a number of excellent state and private schools in there was a water-mill on the site in medieval times. The original the area, including Norman Court and , Chaffin and a welcoming fireplace to one side. There is a fine South- house dates from the early 18th century, with 19th and 20th and West-facing drawing room, a double-aspect study/family Grove, The Cathedral School, Godolphin School, Bishop century additions. Oakley Farmhouse is built of brick with stone Wordsworth and South Wilts & Salisbury, Farleigh near Andover, room, and a dining room overlooking the river. The living heart quoins under a mainly slate roof, and features large 20-pane sash of the Farmhouse is the kitchen/breakfast room which opens and Winchester College, St Swithun’s and Pilgrims School in windows, making it unusually light for a building of its age. It is Winchester. directly onto the river terrace and is warmed by an Aga. From the the only property on the legendary Oakley Beat of the River Test, kitchen, doors lead to a large scullery/utility/boot room to one made famous more than a century ago by the grand old man of side, and a back hall/cloakroom to the other. Upstairs, there is a South- and West-facing master bedroom suite with adjoining bathroom, boxroom and walk-in wardrobe. There are 5 further bedrooms and 2 further bathrooms. Outside Oakley Farmhouse is situated in about 5 acres of garden and meadow, with the gentle soundscape of water flowing along its entire Eastern boundary. Its gravelled entrance drive is bordered by pleached lime trees, on either side of which lie the games lawn to the North and the orchard and barns to the South. The drawing room of the house opens onto the West lawn, bounded by yew hedges and a ha-ha at the far end. To the North are rosebeds, borders, the tennis court and croquet lawn. Beyond that, the gardens become wildflower meadows, with paths and a running track along the river and around the perimeter. Fishing The purchaser may apply for membership of Mottisfont Fly- Fishing Club, which would enable him or her to fish the Oakley Beat as well as three other beats on the Mottisfont Estate. Tenure Leasehold – 99 year National Trust Lease. Services Mains water and electricity. Oil-fired central heating. Aga Outgoings Council Tax: Band G. Directions From Stockbridge take the A3057 south and about 3 miles south of Kings Somborne turn right, signposted Mottisfont. Cross the river and follow the road through the village. About ½ a mile beyond the village turn right into Oakley Lane, and Oakley Farmhouse will be found after about 500 yards on the left-hand side. Oakley Farmhouse Oakley Lane, Mottisfont Romsey, Hampshire SO51 0DR Approx. Gross Internal Area 3875 Sq Ft - 360 Sq M Outbuilding Approx. Gross Internal Area Barn 36'7" x 18'4" 1220 Sq Ft - 113 Sq M 11.15 x 5.59m

Bedroom 6 Utility Room 17'8" x 10'2" 20'1" x 9'11" 5.38 x 3.10m 6.12 x 3.02m

Cellar Study/ 12'7" x 9'0" Bedroom 2 Bedroom 4 Family Room 3.84 x 2.74m 14'11" x 12'0" 15'11" x 13'7" 15'2" x 12'8" 4.55 x 3.66m 4.85 x 4.14m 4.62 x 3.86m Kitchen/ Breakfast Room 17'9" x 15'11" 5.41 x 4.85m

Workshop 44'0" x 13'0" 13.41 x 3.96m

Drawing Room Reception Hall 22'3" x 13'2" 6.78 x 4.01m Bedroom 1 Bedroom 3 17'5" x 13'3" 16'10" x 13'0" Dining Room 5.31 x 4.04m 5.13 x 3.96m Bedroom 5 20'6" x 11'9" 12'10" x 10'0" 6.25 x 3.58m 3.91 x 3.05m

Ground Floor First Floor Outbuilding

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